Just six days after UFC President Dana White announced that
Gustafsson would face “Minotoro” at the event, promotion officials
revealed that Nogueira had suffered an injury, leaving “The Mauler”
without a foe. Gustafsson and Nogueira were first booked to meet
last year at UFC on Fuel TV 2, but that pairing was also scrapped
due to a Nogueira injury.

Gustafsson, 26, last competed on Sept. 21, when he went the
distance with Jon Jones in a
“Fight of the Year” nominee at UFC 165. The Swede’s hard-fought
decision loss to the reigning light heavyweight champion snapped a
six-fight winning streak for Gustafsson, who closed out 2012 with a
unanimous decision victory over ex-divisional kingpin Mauricio Rua
at UFC on Fox 5.

Manuwa has been perfect through 14 pro fights, with his last three
victories coming inside the Octagon. Known for his punching power,
the 33-year-old made a successful UFC debut last year in a knockout
of Kyle
Kingsbury and then kicked off 2013 with a stoppage win over
Cyrille
Diabate. Most recently, “Poster Boy” saw his hand raised
against Ryan Jimmo
after the Canadian suffered a second-round leg injury last month at
UFC Fight Night 30.